Eric R. Backes game 2.
Ellen Clark — a sales support specialist from Virginia Beach, Virginia
Rob Williams — a renewable energy manager from Portland, Oregon
Eric R. Backes — an attorney and government relations professional from Round Rock, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $48,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $2,800 | $10,000 | $24,900 |
$28,900
2-day champion: $76,901 |
$20,800
28 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Rob | $4,400 | $6,000 | $10,400 |
$12,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
16 R, 2 W |
| Ellen | $200 | $2,600 | $6,400 |
$10,401
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,400
11 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| PEACEFUL GUNS | QUOTED IN THEOED | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD | SAME DAY | BUGS BUNNY CARTOONS | ANIMAL FAKERS |
|
$200
[11]
You may find one of these aimed at you from behind a roadside billboard or at a pitcher on the mound
a radar gun
Rob
|
$200
[14]
With more than 42,000 citations, this British newspaper is the OEd's No. 1 source for quotations
The Times of London
Eric
|
$200
[5]
It got its independence from Portugal in 1822 & abolished slavery in 1888
Brazil
Ellen
|
$200
[17]
The "California Double" is skiing & doing this ocean sport on the same day
surfing
Rob
|
$200
[1]
Bugs Bunny first asked this 3-word question in the cartoon "A Wild Hare"
"What's up, Doc?"
Eric
|
$200
[19]
AKA mosquito hawk or darning needle, this insect does not breathe magical fire
dragonfly
Eric
|
|
$400
[12]
AKA a deck gun, a deluge gun is used by people trying to fight these
fires
Eric
|
$400
[25]
No. 16 in frequency, this author is quoted under "humbug"
Dickens
Rob
|
$400
[6]
Rescinded in 2017, the "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" policy allowed refugees from this country to stay if they reached U.S. soil
Cuba
Rob
|
$400
[18]
The 2018 film "Roma" got its main theatrical release the same day it dropped on this streaming service
Netflix
Ellen
|
$400
[2]
In "Super-Rabbit", Bugs eats specially fortified these & briefly acquires superpowers
carrots
Eric
|
$400
[21]
Often mistakenly called a bear, this Aussie marsupial stays in the pouch for 7 months, then spends the next 6 on Mom's back
a koala
Eric
|
|
$600
[13]
Torque guns are used to remove these nuts on your car's wheel
lug nuts
Rob
|
$800
[28]
With nearly 33,000 citations, he's the OED's most quoted individual
Shakespeare
Ellen
|
$600
[7]
The zloty is this country's unit of currency
Poland
Rob
|
$600
[20]
The Washington Post printed this type of edition with same-day news that O.J. Simpson was acquitted; "Read all about it!"
an extra
Ellen
|
$600
[3]
Usually chasing a fast-moving bird, this character pursues Bugs in "To Hare is Human"
Wile E. Coyote
Eric
|
$600
[23]
Despite its name, this bird of prey is not follicly challenged; its head is covered by white feathers, as is its tail
a bald eagle
Ellen
|
|
$800
[15]
The Hurricane 400 type of this can launch 4 tie-dyes at a time into the stands
a T-shirt cannon
Rob
|
DD
$3,000
[27]
The OED loves this other reference work founded in the U.K., quoting it more than 14,500 times
the Encyclopedia Britannica
Eric
|
$800
[8]
In 2018 divers rescued 12 boys & one adult trapped by rising water inside a cave in this country
Thailand
Eric
|
$800
[22]
In 2012 this TV sheriff of Mayberry was laid to rest the day he died
(Andy) Griffith
Eric
|
$800
[4]
As a mostly unseen animator, Bugs abuses this character in "Duck Amuck"
Daffy Duck
Eric
Rob
|
$800
[24]
The electric this elongated fish is actually a type of knifefish
an eel
Eric
|
|
$1,000
[16]
This alliterative pistol is used to shoot lubricant into the moving surfaces of machinery
a grease gun
Rob
|
— |
$1,000
[10]
In 2018 this southern African "land" changed its name to Eswatini
Swaziland
Eric
|
$1,000
[26]
On Nov. 28, 2013 these 2 holidays fell on the same day & the candle-bearing menurkey was created
Thanksgiving and Hanukkah
Eric
|
$1,000
[9]
"Hare-Way to the Stars" is one cartoon where Bugs takes on this menacing alien
Marvin Martian
Rob
|
$1,000
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows the crabeater seal on the monitor.) The crabeater seal doesn't even eat crabs; itsteethare designed to make it a filter feeder, dining mostly on these tiny crustaceans just like blue whales do
krill
Eric
|
| FAMOUS "N"AMES | TOP 10 TUNES | HIP TO BE SQUARE | MIRACLE MEDS | CLASSIC ADVENTURE NOVELS | FINAL JEOPARDY |
|
$400
[1]
(Jay Leno gives the clue.) The 1966 Yenko Stinger, a racing version of the Chevrolet Corvair, had a tech manual with a section titled "Safe at Any Speed"--a shot at this consumer advocate whose bestseller "Unsafe at Any Speed" had criticized the Corvair
(Ralph) Nader
Eric
|
$400
[20]
Cyndi Lauper told us, "When the working day is gone", this is the case
girls just want to have fun
Eric
|
$400
[21]
When you're starting over, it's back to this square
square one
Eric
|
$400
[2]
Used to treat arthritis & other ailments, cortisone is a natural one of these hormones
a steroid
Ellen
|
$400
[28]
In 1887's "She" by H. Rider Haggard, a lost civilization is discovered in the jungles of this continent
Africa
Eric
|
$400
[11]
Each side's lawyer makes this argument as a final statement to a jury
closing
Rob
|
|
$800
[7]
I predict you will name this man who cast horoscopes for Catherine de Medici's kids
Nostradamus
Rob
|
$800
[22]
In 2016 Mike Posner "took a pill in" this Spanish party island & woke up in the Top 10
Ibiza
Eric
|
$800
[16]
The centuries-old Place de Vosgesin this city is one of the few great city squares that's actually square
Paris
Eric
|
$800
[3]
Cyclosporine helps with these procedures as it suppresses the immune system to prevent rejection
transplants
Ellen
|
$800
[29]
Robert E. Howard's only novel-length tale about this Cimmerian is sometimes titled him "the Conqueror"
Conan the Conqueror
|
$800
[12]
This Belgian locale can mean a downfall, especially from the French perspective
Waterloo
Ellen
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Name but don't touch this man, hired to head the Chicago Prohibition Bureau in 1929
(Eliot) Ness
Eric
|
$1,200
[23]
"I gotta have" this song that went to No. 1 for George Michael
"Faith"
Eric
|
$1,200
[17]
Abigail Carroll's book about the "Invention of the American Meal" is titled this many "Squares"
three
Ellen
|
$1,200
[4]
Antimetabolites & mitotic inhibitors are 2 types of drugs used in this form of cancer treatment
chemotherapy
Rob
|
$1,200
[30]
A professor of geology plans a subterranean expedition in this Verne novel
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Eric
|
$1,200
[13]
This single-digit bankruptcy is also known as "liquidation bankruptcy"
Chapter 7
Eric
|
|
$2,000
[10]
A class of aircraft carrier is named for this World War II commander of the U.S. Pacific fleet
(Chester) Nimitz
Rob
|
$1,600
[26]
"Don't Let Me Down" & "Closer" were Top 10 hits for this dance duo; "#SELFIE" only made it to No. 16
the Chainsmokers
Rob
|
$1,600
[24]
It vows to help you find the "best places to eat, drink, shop or visit in any city in the world"
Foursquare
Ellen
|
$1,600
[5]
End-of-the-alphabet brand names from Pfizer include Xanax & this one for an antidepressant
Zoloft
Eric
Rob
|
$1,600
[27]
This C.S. Forester naval hero debuted in "Beat to Quarters" (a call to battle stations--not a chicken recipe instruction)
(Horatio) Hornblower
Eric
|
$1,600
[14]
From the Latin for "nothing" comes this word meaning to reduce something to nothing
annihilate
Eric
|
|
DD
$3,300
[9]
Despite the objections of her family, this Englishwoman went to Germany for medical training in 1850
(Florence) Nightingale
Eric
|
$2,000
[25]
Tom Jones first broke into the Top 10 in 1965 with this declaration of normalcy
"It's Not Unusual"
Ellen
|
$2,000
[18]
The special day celebrating these comes seldom: 3/3/09, 4/4/16, the not until 5/5/25
square roots
Rob
|
$2,000
[6]
3-letter abbreviation for the drug AKA Retrovir that's used to control HIV
AZT
Rob
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
Rafael Sabatini wrote a novel about this sanguine "Captain", a doctor turned pirate
Captain Blood
Ellen
|
$2,000
[15]
This French word means the final resolution of the plot lines of a drama
denouement
Eric
|
650 miles off the U.S., it was the site of a 1609 shipwreck of colonists bound for Jamestown that may have inspired "The Tempest"
Bermuda